Several liberals on Twitter immediately blamed a recent mass shooting in Boulder, Colorado, on a “white man” despite the shooter being identified as a man originally from the Middle East.
“Extremely tired of people’s lives depending on whether a white man with an AR-15 is having a good day or not,” Deadspin senior editor Julie DiCaro tweeted on Monday.
USA Today race and inclusion editor Hemal Jhaveri responded to DiCaro: “It’s always an angry white man. Always.”
it’s always an angry white man. always.
— Hemal Jhaveri (@hemjhaveri) March 23, 2021
“Tamir Rice was a 12-year-old black child. Police shot him in 1.7 sec & let him suffer in agonizing pain for 4 min & die,” author and lawyer Qasim Rashid tweeted. “Colorado terrorist is a grown white man who killed 10 people including a cop. Cops arrested him alive & helped him to a stretcher for immediate medical care.”
BIDEN UNDER PRESSURE TO ACT ON GUN KILLINGS
Tamir Rice was a 12-year-old black child. Police shot him in 1.7 sec & let him suffer in agonizing pain for 4 min & die.
Colorado terrorist is a grown white man who killed 10 people including a cop. Cops arrested him alive & helped him to a stretcher for immediate medical care.
— Qasim Rashid, Esq. قاسم رشید (@QasimRashid) March 23, 2021
Meena Harris, the niece of Vice President Kamala Harris, responded to the shooting with a tweet blaming “violent white men.”
Hey @meenaharris, I saw you deleted this tweet! Is it because the shooter isn’t white and is actually muslim? pic.twitter.com/BNopAjBawI
— Caleb Hull (@CalebJHull) March 23, 2021
Harris deleted the tweet and explained that she assumed the shooter was white because he was taken into custody alive.
“I deleted a previous tweet about the suspect in the Boulder shooting,” Harris said. “I made an assumption based on his being taken into custody alive and the fact that the majority of mass shootings in the U.S. are carried out by white men.”
I deleted a previous tweet about the suspect in the Boulder shooting. I made an assumption based on his being taken into custody alive and the fact that the majority of mass shootings in the U.S. are carried out by white men.
— Meena Harris (@meenaharris) March 23, 2021
“The suspected gunman in the Boulder, Colorado mass shooting is a white guy,” Byline Times Global correspondent CJ Werleman tweeted. “Seven reported dead! Cue ‘mental issues,’ ‘bad day,’ ‘parking dispute,’ or anything else other than what he most likely is – a white domestic terrorist.”
The suspected gunman in the Boulder, Colorado mass shooting is a white guy. Seven reported dead!
Cue “mental issues,” “bad day,” “parking dispute,” or anything else other than what he most likely is – a white domestic terrorist. pic.twitter.com/v0ukqWtIVN
— CJ Werleman (@cjwerleman) March 22, 2021
“The shooter is was taken into custody,” feminist author Amy Siskind tweeted. “In other words it was almost certainly a white man (again). If he were Black or Brown he would be dead.”
The shooter is was taken into custody.
In other words it was almost certainly a white man (again). If he were Black or Brown he would be dead.
— Amy Siskind ?️? (@Amy_Siskind) March 23, 2021
“So ‘he’s Muslim’ is trending, did I miss ‘he’s Christian’ trending for last week’s Atlanta mass murderer?” Rep. Ilhan Omar added on Tuesday.
So “he’s Muslim” is trending, did I miss “he’s Christian” trending for last week’s Atlanta mass murderer? pic.twitter.com/1UHU6Iens5
— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) March 23, 2021
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The Boulder shooting suspect who opened fire at a grocery store has been identified as Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, 21, of Arvada, Colorado. His reported Facebook page contained posts praising Islam and lamenting the fact he did not have a girlfriend. The Facebook page and court records also show he is originally from Syria.
The 10 victims were also identified, and included 51-year-old Boulder police officer Eric Talley. Also killed in the shooting were Denny Stong, 20; Neven Stanisic, 23; Rikki Olds, 25; Tralona Bartkowiak, 49; Suzanne Fountain, 59; Teri Leiker, 51; Kevin Mahoney, 61; Lynn Murray, 62; and Jody Waters, 65.
